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November 25, 2020

Dear Reader,   Andrea Thompson, sustainability editor, subbing in for Sunya today. In our lead story, we tried something a little different for the Thanksgiving holiday. Our editor-in-chief, Laura Helmuth, asked us all what we are thankful for in this strangest and most stressful of years. Read on to get a little peak behind the curtain at SciAm. And if you want to share what you’re thankful for, head over to Twitter and reply to our threads. For our U.S. readers, we wish you a Happy (and socially distanced) Thanksgiving. And to all our readers, we are thankful for you.

Andrea Thompson, Associate Editor, Sustainability @AndreaTWeather

Arts & Culture What We're Thankful for at Scientific American From our virtual Thanksgiving table to yours By Laura Helmuth

Biology Echolocation Drains Bats Traveling through Noise Bats expend more energy navigating in loud conditions By Jason G. Goldman

Arts & Culture The Foreigners at Your Thanksgiving Table Many of the "American" foods we love came from parts of the world Pres. Trump has vilified By Thomas C. Hart

Behavior & Society Scientists Are Becoming More Politically Engaged Here’s what that means beyond the 2020 elections By Fernando Tormos-Aponte,Scott Frickel,John Parker

Chemistry Do Wine over Those Brussels Sprouts Taking a swig of red wine before eating Brussels sprouts appears to moderate Brussels sprouts' polarizing flavor. Christopher Intagliata reports By Christopher Intagliata | 01:39

Public Health Pandemic of Hunger COVID-19 is straining African food security, but also presents an opportunity for change By Linda Nordling,Nature magazine

Behavior & Society Are Toxic Political Conversations Changing How We Feel about Objective Truth? As political polarization grows, the arguments we have with one another may be shifting our understanding of truth itself By Matthew Fisher,Joshua Knobe,Brent Strickland,Frank C. Keil

Climate A Thanksgiving Meditation in the Face of a Changing Climate I feel grief, guilt, anger, determination, hope and sadness all at the same time. But what I feel more than anything is gratitude for what we have By Kate Marvel

Climate Riskiest Spot for Rising Seas Is 50 Miles from the Ocean A new FEMA index considers socioeconomic factors in evaluating community disaster vulnerability By Thomas Frank,E&E News

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QUOTE OF THE DAY "Science says there is nothing special about our place in the Universe. I have to disagree." Kate Marvel, Columbia University and NASA climate scientist, Scientific American

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